Building GNU tools with Cygwin

[Bill Gatliff]

Kirci:

The default Cygwin installation doesn't include gcc for some reason 
(download size, probably).

Reinstall Cygwin, and select everything.

b.g.


Turgut Kirci wrote:

> Hi
>
> I am following to "Getting Started with GNU: A Tutorial Introduction 
> Using the ARM Evaluator-7T" to set up GNU tools for ARM first time in 
> my career.
> It is under Windows2K
> 1) I downloaded all binutils, gcc, newlib and gdb.
> 2) I installed Cygwin and ran it.
> 3) When I try to build the binutils by running "configure.in" that 
> comes with binutil-2.14 package, I get an error.
>
> cc: not found
> *** The command 'cc -o conftest -g conftest.c' failed.
> *** You must set the environment variable CC to a working compiler.
>
> Obviously in configure.in, there is compilation. However, who is going 
> to compile the code?  I have not built the GCC yet. There is not any 
> compiler unless something had been installed with cygwin.
> Which compiler is this supposed to be?
> and after locating the compiler, am I supposed to add CC as a 
> environment variable pointing its directory.
>
> Regards,
>
>
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